Tool



P 3, 1966 G. FELTGEN 3,272,479

TOOL

Filed July 51, 1964 FIG-2 HHHHHHIHI! I FIG-3 United States Patent3,272,479 TOOL Gerard Feltgen, 6908 Fairfax Road, Bethesda, Md. FiledJuly 31, 1964, Ser. No. 386,795 8 Claims. (Cl. 259--73) The inventionrelates to a device of which a suggested practical purpose is to providea painter with a hand-tool with which he can easily and thoroughly mixpaint in cans of the one gallon size.

The tool is composed of three items which are made of steel or othersuitable material, they are then fabricated into one whole unit.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the pivot 1, the cradle 2, and the handle3.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the tool.

FIG. 3 is the bottom view.

FIG. 4 is another side view with a container in its cradle showingmotion as applied manually.

A container, holding liquids or solids in a mixable form, like paint,chemicals, powders, granules, etc., is held in the rigid cradle 2 at aposition between the pivot point 1 and the opposite end of the tool-thehandle 3.

In operation, the closed container with the material that is to be mixedis placed in the cradle. The pivot tip is set on any suitable surfaceand manual force is applied at the handle end of the tool. Thisleverlike manual force makes it possible to shake the contents of thecont ainer to a variable degree, at the will of the operator, in anydirection radially or circumferentially in a position away from thepivot point.

What I claim is:

1. A device for facilitating the manual agitation of liquid containerssuch as paint cans and the like comprising a cradle for holding thecontainer in a generally horizontal position, a support rigidlyconnected to and projecting from the bottom of the cradle, said supporthaving means at its lower end adapting it to accommodate substantialuniversal pivotal movement of said support and cradle about the lowerend of said support, and an actuator arm fixed to and projectingupwardly from said cradle whereby said actuator arm may be manipulatedto impart rapid oscillatory pivotal motion to said entire device and anycontainer resting in said cradle about an axis through the lower end ofsaid support to thereby agitate the contents of such a container.

2. The device defined in claim 1 wherein said actuator arm and saidsupport are substantially coaxially aligned axially elongated members.

3. The device defined in claim 2 wherein said cradle has an upwardlyfacing concave segmental cylindrical surface the axis of which is atleast substantially normal to the axis of said arm and support.

4. The device defined in claim 3 wherein said cradle has stop means atone end adapted to be engaged by one end of a container to be agitatedand to thereby establish the position of such container axially of saidcradle, said stop means being positioned from the axis of said arm andsupport a distance substantially equal to one-half of the standardheight of a container having an outside radius approximately equal tothe radius of curvature of said cradle so that the center of such acontainer will be located substantially on the axis of said support andarm.

5. The device defined in claim 1 wherein said arm comprises a rigidmetal bar formed with a loop at its lower end embracing said cradle.

6. The device defined in claim 5 wherein said support comprises adownwardly projecting rigid pin fixed at its upper end to said loop.

7. The device defined in claim 1 wherein said adapting means comprises arounded bottom end surface of said support.

8. The device defined in claim 7 wherein said rounded end surface ofsaid support is a segmental substantially spherical surface wherebyuniversal pivotal motion may be imparted to said device.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 87,743 3/1869Witmer 259-72 663,676 12/1900 Illinlgworth 259-72 WALTER A. SCHEEL,Primary Examiner.

R. W. JENKINS, Assistant Examiner.

1. A DEVICE FOR FACILITATING THE MANUAL AGITATION OF LIQUID CONTAINERSSUCH AS PAINT CANS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING A CRADLE FOR HOLDING THECONTAINER IN A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION, A SUPPORT RIGIDLYCONNECTED TO AND PROJECTING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE CRADLE, SAID SUPPORTHAVING MEANS AT ITS LOWER END ADAPTING IT TO ACCOMMODATE SUBSTANTIALUNIVERSAL PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORT AND CRADLE ABOUT THE LOWEREND OF SAID SUPPORT, AND AN ACTUATOR ARM FIXED TO AND PROJECTINGUPWARDLY FROM SAID CRADLE WHEREBY SAID ACTUATOR ARM MAY BE MANIPULATEDTO IMPART RAPID OSCILLATORY PIVOTAL MOTION TO SAID ENTIRE DEVICE AND ANYCONTAINER RESTING IN SAID CRADLE ABOUT AN AXIS THROUGH THE LOWER END OFSAID SUPPORT TO THEREBY AGITATE THE CONTENTS OF SUCH A CONTAINER.